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Flow Forming Systems

Flow forming shapes a preform over a mandrel with rollers, thinning the wall and lengthening the part without removing material.

Because the metal is displaced rather than cut, the grain follows the finished geometry. That is what makes the process worth its tooling cost on parts that have to hold pressure or survive launch loads.

ADS supplies flow forming horizontally for long components and vertically for shorter ones, at series volume in either case.

MJC F-1300.3000-4 four-roller CNC flow forming machine with forming enclosure open, showing the mandrel and roller carriage on a full-length bed

  • Designed to support

    • 155 mm shell bodies

    • Missile bodies and rocket motor cases

    • High-performance pressure vessels

    • Launcher structures

  • Used for

    Long, rotationally symmetric hollow parts where wall thickness, straightness and run-out all have to hold together.

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  • Tell us your part envelope, material and volume. We'll identify the processes it takes and the manufacturing source.

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